Gentle Care

What is a Dry Socket?

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We provide gentle and compassionate care in a friendly environment. We always focus on evidence based diagnosis, patient education, and working with you to build a treatment plan that aligns with your oral health goals.

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Why Choose Us?

Availability

We’re accepting new patients and can help with dental emergencies. Give us a call or send us an email to book an appointment.

Comprehensive Dentistry

We offer a full range of general, family, cosmetic, restorative, and emergency dentistry.

We’re Gentle

We always focus on gentle techniques and use advanced equipment to ensure your comfort.

Insurance & Fees

All of our services are priced competitively and many of our services are covered by popular insurance plans.

What is a Dry Socket?

A dry socket continues to be the most common problem patients experience after dental extractions. Dry sockets occur because the blood clot that covers the bone in the extraction site (or the socket), did not form correctly or it becomes loose and is lost too early. The missing or loose blood clot allows the bone to become exposed or “dry” in the extraction site or “socket”. This is why it’s called a “dry socket”. One out of five patients experience a dry socket. It typically occurs in greatest frequency with patients who smoke or who are taking birth control pills. You can address your concerns about dry socket while visiting with our dentists in Farmersville and Van Alstyne, Texas.

Although both jaws can get a dry socket, they typically occur in the lower jaw. Patients who experience a dry socket will begin to feel a deep, dull continuous ache on the affected side(s). Patients may notice the pain starts in or around the ear and runs down toward the chin. It frequently begins in the middle of the night on the third to fifth day. Unfortunately, pain medication usually does not help.

Dry sockets are extremely painful, but they can be treated so do not try to tough it out. Call Harvest Dental immediately if you think you are experiencing a dry socket. Treatment involves placing a medicated dressing in the “empty” tooth socket(s). This will help decrease the pain and protect the socket from food particles. The decrease in pain lasts for 24 to 48 hours and dressing changes will be required every day or two for seven to ten days. Dressings usually are removed when you have been pain free for two to three days. At your one-week follow-up, an irrigation device may be given to you to help keep food particles from lodging in the extraction site.

Follow these instructions carefully. This is the only way to avoid complications which lead to unnecessary discomfort and delayed recovery. Should any reaction or complication arise, notify the office immediately. If you need to contact Our Dentists after office hours, please call 469-812-7100 and follow the voicemail’s instructions. We will make every attempt to answer your emergency call promptly. If at any time, you feel this is a life-threatening emergency call 911 or go to the local emergency room.

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Have a question or want to learn more? Give us a call or send us an email, we’d love to get the conversation started.

We’re Different!

Friendly Doctors

Family & Kid Friendly

Financing Available

Comfortable Office

Convenient Location

Short Notice Appointments

Digital X-Rays

Little To No Wait Time

Accepting New Patients

Our Promise to You

We promise to always put YOU first!

  • We promise to show you what we see with imaging, educate you on your options, and empower you to make the best decisions for yourself
  • We promise to not push unnecessary treatments on you
  • We promise to respect your time and do everything we can to see you within a few minutes of your appointment
  • We promise to be transparent about pricing and insurance coverage
  • We promise to constantly invest time and money into continuing education and equipment to ensure the highest quality of care
  • We promise to always be respectful, polite, and professional
  • We promise to take our time with you on patient education and treatments, we don’t want you to feel rushed
  • We promise to do everything we can to minimize pain and make you feel comfortable
  • We promise to keep our office environment clean, friendly, and up to date with technology
  • We promise to build a world class dental team. Many of our team members have been with us for over a decade!

Ready to book an appointment?
– For the Farmersville location please call (469) 812-7100
– For the Van Alstyne location please call (903) 482-6339.

You’re the Boss

Honest, Non-Pushy Dentistry

Our job is to show you what we see in your mouth, educate you on your options, and let you make the best decision for yourself. We never push unnecessary treatments and always give you options.

Give us a Call!

The first step to better oral health is giving us a call to book an appointment.

Initial Visit

During your first visit we will take some X-Rays and give you a tour of your mouth with our intra oral cameras. Then, we’ll learn about your oral health goals and give you any applicable treatment options.

Next Visit

Once you know what is going on inside of your mouth, you make the treatment decisions that are best for you. We will never be pushy or recommend treatment that you don’t need.

Ready to book an appointment?
– For the Farmersville location please call (469) 812-7100
– For the Van Alstyne location please call (903) 482-6339.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PATIENTS!

We’ve helped thousands of patients in our community achieve a beautiful, healthy smile! Thank you to all of our patients who have taken the time to refer us a friend or family member and write us a review.

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